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Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker
first flew 1929· civil utility aircraft
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1929 Bellanca Pacemaker over HNL: Locoscoutla· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker NC688E: Lestocq· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 1929 Bellanca Pacemaker NC251M: Locoscoutla· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker Aero Digest April,1930: Aero Digest magazine· Attribution
- 5. Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker Aero Digest March,1930: Aero Digest magazine· Attribution
what is it?
The Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker was a six-seat utility aircraft, built primarily in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. It was a development of the Bellanca CH-200, fitted with a more powerful engine and, like the CH-200, soon became renowned for its long-distance endurance.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 14.1 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 14.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1929
- number built
- 35
- role
- civil utility aircraft
- makers
- AviaBellanca Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Wright J-6-9
- length
- 8.5 m
- wingspan
- 14.1 m
- height
- 2.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,848 kg
- top speed
- 225 km/h
- cruise speed
- 193 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,486 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4883474, Wikipedia: Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.